Genesis 38:8
Judah said to Onan, “Go in to your brother’s wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.”This verse in the real world
In what words
- יָבַםyâbamto marry a (deceased) brother's widow
- אוֹנָןʼÔwnânOnan, a son of Judah
- זֶרַעzeraʻseed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
- אָחʼâcha brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or r
- קוּםqûwmto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
- אִשָּׁהʼishshâha woman
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhJehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the firs
- בּוֹאbôwʼto go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Deu 25:5–10, Mat 22:23–27, Rut 4:5–11, Rut 1:11, Lev 18:16, Num 36:8–9